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Books by Local Authors
Compiled by Collin Kelley, Managing Editor
futureproof ($13.99, HarperCollins)
N. Frank Daniels' novel about a disaffected young man growing up during the grunge years of the early 1990s -- when Kurt Cobain was king -- was originally self-published. The title proved to be a hit and has been re-released by HarperCollins. Daniels will sign and read from the novel at A Cappella Book's Highland Inn Ballroom Book Bash on Feb. 10. at 7:30 p.m. www.acappellabooks.com
Bound South ($14.99, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
By turns hilarious and poignant, the lives of three vibrant and unique Southern women -- a proper Atlanta matron, her rebellious teenage daughter, and their housekeeper's young daughter -- intersect in unexpected and extraordinary ways in this richly compelling debut novel of family, friendship, and folly.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett ($24.95, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam)
A young white woman returns to her hometown in Mississippi at the beginning of the 1960s Civil Rights movement and begins documenting the treatment of African-Americans, including two of the black women who work for her family. The book she puts together outrages the racially divided town. Stockett's debut is already earning praise from reviewers.
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